Dave Rand

Founding Partner

Rand Paster & Nelson LLP

Dave Rand specializes in land use law and governmental regulatory matters. His expertise
includes various aspects of the planning and entitlement process and navigating residential,
industrial and commercial clients through the often difficult and cumbersome local land use
approval and California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) compliance process.

Dave’s practice has grown in recent years with a strong focus on mixed use and multi-family
housing development. Dave has used his knowledge of constantly changing state and local
housing regulations, including density bonus law, SB 35, SB 330, the Housing Accountability
Act, and the City of Los Angeles’ Transit Oriented Communities program, to lead his clients’
housing projects through the dense regulatory thicket. Dave has obtained governmental
approvals for thousands of market rate and affordable housing units throughout Southern
California.